Mark E. Petersen justifies segregation based on beliefs about consequences of interracial marriage.
- Type
- Speech / Court Transcript
- Hearsay
- Scribed Verbatim
- Reference
Mark E. Petersen, "Race Problems—As They Affect the Church." Address given at the convention of teachers of religion on the college level, Provo, Utah, August 17, 1954. Typescript followed by a facsimile of a pamphlet, John William Fitzgerald Papers, 1876–1985, Archives West, Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division, Logan, UT, USU_COLL MSS 102.
- Scribe/Publisher
- N/A
- Audience
- Convention of Teachers of Religion on College Level
- Transcription
It appears that the negro seeks absorption with the white race. He will not be satisfied until he achieves it by intermarriage. That is his objective, and we must face it. We must not allow our feelings to carry us away, nor must we feel so sorry for the negroes that we will open our arms and embrace them with everything we have.
- BHR Staff Commentary
The talk is also available at J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah Manuscripts Division, Mark E. Petersen papers, http://www.worldcat.org/title/mark-e-petersen-papers/oclc/639680439 (accessed May 9, 2022).
The B. H. Roberts Foundation is not owned by, operated by, or affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.